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Twilight stars eclipsed by fame
Not that long ago the names Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were just that, names.
But in 2008 came Twilight, the blockbuster movie series based on Stephenie Meyer’s books which launched a phenomenon and rocketed the two previous unknowns to stardom.
Two films and two billion dollars later, the hype around the box office hit is stronger than ever, the power of which Stewart admits can be overwhelming.
“It’s undeniable energy and that’s what I’m responding to usually and that’s why I get sort of so crazy,” she says.
For Pattinson, the hype is signalled by the appeal of the Twilight brand.
“You look at like every kind of gossipy website or anything and it’s always got polls about Twilight, anything, you put Twilight in the headline and people are going to go to it,” he says.
With Pattinson 24 and Stewart just 20, life has changed for these two stars, hounded by media and facing persistent rumours that link the pair romantically.
Pattinson has also been the target of some dubious contact.
“I’ve had a bunch of people say yeah man I met you at this thing… all the time. And you get a bunch of people that found your phone number somehow, it’s so obvious that they have somehow found it through nefarious sources.” He says.
Before Twilight became a world-wide sensation, Pattinson was known only for a small part in the Harry Potter film series.
Stewart was recognised only for her role as the young daughter of Jodie Foster in Panic Room.
Now, however, they are household names, with series’ the third movie, Twilight: Eclipse, about to hit cinemas around the world.
But when it comes to how fame has affected those closest to him, Pattinson says things are fairly normal on the home front.
“The only thing they (Pattinson’s family) are concerned about is if you’re happy with it. And my friends have just never really cared, I don’t think they even saw Twilight until like two years after it was made,” he says.
The pair have certainly generated plenty of gossip for outsiders though, and Stewart admits to looking online to see how she is perceived.
“You need to know what people are saying, self-awareness is a pretty important thing. I’m just young and crazy I think. I just can’t not know,” she says.
She also believes the biggest reward is for her acting to be appreciated by the book-lovers and movie-lovers alike.
“It is sort of the ultimate compliment to be typecast. If you’re a huge fan of the book and I’m always Bella to you, then I’ve obviously done a good job.”
Pattinson, meanwhile, is thinking about how long the fame may last.
“I don’t really care what I get remembered for, I mean you have no control over that…If I’m dying at 80 and people can still remember it that would be absolutely incredible,” he says.
Twilight:Eclipse opens in New Zealand cinemas on July 1.
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The official Twilight: Eclipse UK Facebook fan page has given us the first look at the banner / poster artwork for new movie, Twilight: Eclipse that we’re going to see on busses all around the country. Along with a banner of the main three stars, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, we also get one with the Cullens (Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Elizabeth Reaser and Peter Facinelli) and another with a vampire coming out of some water with red eyes! (someone will have to tell me who he is though!).
Twilight: Eclipse is released in the UK 9th July with the premiere on the 1st July. We’re hoping to attend the UK press conference where we’ll be able to bring you footage from the event too so stay tuned for much more on Twilight: Eclipse.
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Here is the black & white version of the new Eclipse still.
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At a press conference to promote the upcoming release of the film, director David Slade, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and producer Wyck Godfrey talked about exploring the characters and the mythology more deeply in Eclipse. As the one responsible for writing the adaptations, Melissa Rosenberg also gave some insight as to what fans can expect from a two-part Breaking Dawn.
Q: David, you were working with a ready-made cast for Eclipse. How did you help establish what would be expected of their characters for this film?
David: What I did was see each one of the actors, individually. We had one-on-one meetings. The first time, I would just listen to everything they told me about their characters and everything they thought about their characters. Then, we’d meet again and talk about the script, also one-on-one. Then, we’d meet a third time and a fourth time. By that time, we were talking about all the ideas that we were incorporating into that character and story. And then, the final stage was to go into an ensemble rehearsal, where all the actors came together, and we didn’t talk about character anymore. We talked about content and story. That was how I chose to go about it.
Q: Do you have any special features or extras planned for the DVD?
Wyck: There’s the nude scene we shot that wasn’t in the book. No. I don’t know. With any film, you go through the process of editing it down to its fighting weight and, ultimately, you’re going to have some scenes that didn’t end up in the movie.
David: There were a number of scenes which just felt excessive, in terms of beating the same story, but some of them were really nice.
Wyck: There was a great scene with Angela (Christian Serratos) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) that is really just two girls talking about guy troubles. It’s really, really sweet, but it took place in a section of the movie that we really had to cut.
David: What happens is that the film has its own momentum from the script. When you start going, by the time you hit the third act, you’re just blasting along, and that scene just came to a stop. But, it’s a beautiful scene that’s beautifully performed, and it’ll be a nice little bonus for fans of the book.
Wyck: I think there’s going to be a lot of classic behind-the-scenes stuff, where you’re going to get to see how we did most of the action and stunts in the movie, and a lot of the CG process. That stuff will flesh out the experience for audiences that do like to go behind the camera and see how it’s all done.
Melissa: It’s interesting, when I did the first Twilight movie, I actually wrote it before it was cast. I was writing in a vacuum, and it actually had a lot of humor in it. And then, we realized, as we got it on actors, that it just wasn’t appropriate. But, now the actors are more comfortable with it and I think the story lends itself to that. Wyck actually came up with the best line in the movie, “Does he own a shirt?” There’s a confidence level in the storytelling now.
Q: What will be the biggest challenge of splitting the movies for Breaking Dawn?
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